Emerald City Comic Con 2020 Postponed due to Coronavirus Concerns

COVID-19 strikes down another comic con!

In a surprise announcement, event organizers announced that the 2020 edition of Emerald City Comic Con would be cancelled and postponed until a later date due to fears over the COVID-19 disease, AKA the Coronavirus.

Reedpop released the following statement via their ECCC website:

Each year the Emerald City Comic Con team works their hardest to do right by the thousands of fans that come together in Seattle. We want to create a space for you to gather, be yourselves and make memories with those who matter to you most. We have been closely monitoring the situation around the COVID-19 virus in Seattle, and, after many hours of conversation internally and consultation with local government officials and the tourism bureau, we have decided to move next week’s Emerald City Comic Con to Summer 2020 with date and detail announcement forthcoming. We did everything that we could to run the event as planned, but ultimately, we are following the guidance of the local public health officials indicating that conventions should now be postponed.

Our hearts go out to the entire Seattle community, everyone impacted by the COVID-19 virus, and all of you, the nearly 100,000 amazing human beings who look forward to this event each year. Our team was incredibly excited to see you at Emerald City Comic Con next week, however, fans, artists, exhibitors and the rest of the community are what make Reedpop events so special and it is our duty to make sure that your safety comes first.

We know that this decision is going to greatly impact many of our individual creators, small businesses and service workers. To those whose careers depend on ECCC – we will do everything that we can over the coming days and weeks to highlight your work and we ask that our entire community support you as we realize your personal livelihoods may be impacted.

To all of our fans – you will receive a refund on your tickets, no further action is needed on your part. Due to the volume, we expect you will receive your refund in 30 days. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Reedpop remains determined and committed to running Emerald City Comic Con in 2020 and we are working closely with Visit Seattle and the Washington State Convention Center to secure alternate dates this summer. As we explore options for new dates, please know that our priority is to bring you an equally amazing event.

Earlier this week, DC Comics announced that it would cancel all appearances at comic book conventions for the rest of March, including at ECCC, and Dark Horse comics also stated they were pulling out of ECCC this year. Vault Comics also abstained from attending this year, although concerns for the Coronavirus was not officially listed as the reason why. Marvel was not scheduled to have a booth at this event.

We will keep you updated on additional events that cancel due to COVID-19. Stay safe out there!